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BlitzMax Review

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Review of BlitzMax powered by the Slant community.

It is programming language that can compile for Windows, Mac and Linux. BlitzMax is the ultimate programming language for desktop apps and games - it's powerful and extendable language means there is a module for just about everything. You buy a single license for 3 different targets.

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Multi target

You can compile on Windows, Mac and Linux. Nothing to change. There are solutions to compile on the same machine for 2 targets.

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Modular

There are many modules to extend the features of the language: you can create PDF (via a Cairo module), or just download/upload files (via LibCurl), playing streaming sound (via BASS) and so on (databases, xml, xls...) User can create their own module (they could be written in plain BlitzMax)

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Easy syntax

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Stable language and source code

After many years the language it self is very stable. The packages contains the source code of ALL modules (excluding the source of the compiler).

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Easy to start, high productivity

BlitzMax is just ready after the installation. Open the IDE, write your code and just press F5 to see the results. You don't need to install other things to use the language. Of course if you want to change the language itself - or modules - you need to install MinGW or other libs, but guidelines are provided and easy to follow.

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Fast compiler

With comparison to the some of the other languages Blitzmax compiles source files fast enough.

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Compiles to native code

Good performance thanks to native code on each of the target platforms.

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Garbage collected language

The language is garbage collected in two modes: reference counting or using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector.

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GUI for apps

BlitzMax provides the MaxGUI modules that allow to build GUI desktop applications for Windows, Mac and Linux (FLTK or GTK via a module). You also could create your own 'gadgets'.

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Great community support

the forum is plenty of examples and solutions! Community is strong and still working, available for getting an hand

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BLIde

BLIde is an integrated development environment for Blitz Max, designed to work very close to the project file management performed by BlitzMax engine.It’s inspired by the .NET IDE and some other great tools, It’s been designed for hobbyist and professional coders.

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